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Faith, Kids
November 8, 2019
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God Can Mold the Anxious Child Into a Confident Adult

As I write this, my firstborn is 5,633 miles away in Taormina, Sicily. This is the farthest she has ever been away from home. Granted, she will turn…

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 4, 2019
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We Couldn’t Be More Different, But My Mom and I Love Each Other Fiercely

She’s an introvert. I’m an extrovert. She has an angelic singing voice. Dogs run when I sing. She loves eggplant. I recoil at the mere…

Living
October 22, 2019
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Cherish Your Siblings if You’re Lucky Enough To Have Them

Being a sibling is a strange thing. You are born into a family you don’t choose with brothers or sisters you don’t choose. And then you have to…

Grief, Grown Children
October 7, 2019
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I Worry About My Mom’s Death Every Day

I started writing my mom’s eulogy the other day. Not on paper, but in my head. Nothing has happened. Nothing has changed. In fact, things are…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen
September 23, 2019
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All of a Sudden I’m Mothering Men

I was up before the sun again. It is creeping up slower now, as the month is drawing to another sad end. Summer is nearly over, and I can’t help…

Faith, Grief, Journal, Living
September 20, 2019
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Love Notes From My Mother in Heaven

Twelve years have passed since my mother exclaimed, “I’ve died and gone to Heaven!” as she leaned back in her big donut-shaped tube and…

Grown Children, Kids, Teen
September 16, 2019
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Parents, We’ve Created “The Loneliest Generation”—Here’s What We Need To Do About it Now

This post originally appeared on the author’s Facebook page. Having had no fewer than 12 students (male and female) sob in my office in the…

Grief, Grown Children, Motherhood
September 7, 2019
7 Minute Read

Dear Young Mom, I Wish I Was You Again

Dear young mama, First, let me apologize. I am guilty of saying “enjoy every minute” and “they’ll be grown before you know it”. I have…

Grief, Kids, Motherhood
August 27, 2019
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Let the Grandparents Spoil While They Still Can

Today my children visited their grandmother, or as we call her Memeré (French for Grandma). It wasn’t like most visits with a grandparent. This…

Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood
August 25, 2019
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To the Parents Saying Goodbye

I’m awake. It’s 4 a.m. Just 45 minutes ago, I heard the garage door open and close for the last time at this ungodly hour. I ran downstairs to…

grown children

God Can Mold the Anxious Child Into a Confident Adult

We Couldn’t Be More Different, But My Mom and I Love Each Other Fiercely

Cherish Your Siblings if You’re Lucky Enough To Have Them

I Worry About My Mom’s Death Every Day

All of a Sudden I’m Mothering Men

Love Notes From My Mother in Heaven

Parents, We’ve Created “The Loneliest Generation”—Here’s What We Need To Do About it Now

Dear Young Mom, I Wish I Was You Again

Let the Grandparents Spoil While They Still Can

To the Parents Saying Goodbye

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